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Topics: wiki, wikiteam, MediaWiki, Penguicon Wiki, penguiconfandomcom
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Oct 24, 2014
10/14
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Ahuka
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Summary: I am looking for people who can present tech/FOSS talks at Penguicon 2015 Series: Penguicon Source: http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=1624 I am the coordinator for the Tech Track at Penguicon 2015, which is a combined FOSS/Science Fiction convention held every spring in the Metro-Detroit area. The 2015 event will happen April 24-26 at the Westin Hotel in Southfield, MI. The theme for the upcoming year's event is Biotechnology and medicine, looking at how technology is affecting...
Topic: Penguicon
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Jun 23, 2014
06/14
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Ahuka
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Summary: I review the Penguicon 2014 event with a focus on the technology talks Series: Penguicon Source: http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=1526 Show notes: In late fall 2013 I became involved in the Penguicon convention, which combines Open Source technology with Science Fiction to create something that I believe to be unique. I ended up taking responsibility for organizing the Tech Track, and we ended up with around 70 hours of programming. I recap some of the highlights of my own...
Topic: Penguicon
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Apr 23, 2017
04/17
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Ahuka
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Summary: A look at the lineup for the 2017 event. Series: Penguicon Source: http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=2275 Penguicon 2017 is a combined technology and science fiction convention in Southfield, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, and presents over 500 hours of programming over the entire weekend. Of this, around 100 hours are open source, tech-related. In this episode I give you a look at the lineup you can expect to see. Links: http://2017.penguicon.org/
Topic: Penguicon 2017
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Jun 13, 2015
06/15
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Ahuka
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Summary: Penguicon 2015 happened on April 24-26, 2015 in Southfield, Michigan Source: http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=1790 Penguicon 2015 is a combined technology and science fiction convention in Southfield, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, and presented over 500 hours of programming over the entire weekend. Of this, around 100 hours were open source, tech-related. In this episode I give you my personal diary of my experience at this great event. Links: http://2015.penguicon.org/...
Topic: Penguicon 2015
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Jul 23, 2016
07/16
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Ahuka
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Summary: A report from Penguicon 2012 - a Linux Fest and Sci Fi convention Source: http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=1088 Penguicon is at http://www.penguicon.org/CMS/ LoCoCast is at http://lococast.net Indiana LinuxFest is at http://www.indianalinux.org/cms/ Science Fiction Oral History Association is at http://www.sfoha.org Hurricane Electric is at http://www.he.net Washtenaw Linux Users Group is at http://www.lugwash.org Follow my blog at http://www.zwilnik.com/ To submit a talk for...
Topic: Penguicon 2012
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Jul 31, 2016
07/16
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Ahuka
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Summary: Penguicon 2016 happened on April 29 through May 1, 2016 in Southfield, Michigan Source: http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=2085 Penguicon 2015 is a combined technology and science fiction convention in Southfield, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, and presented over 500 hours of programming over the entire weekend. Of this, around 100 hours were open source, tech-related. In this episode I give you my personal diary of my experience at this great event. Links:...
Topic: Penguicon 2016
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Jun 1, 2018
06/18
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Ahuka
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Summary: Penguicon 2018 took place on May 4-6, 2018 in Southfield, Michigan Series: Penguicon Source: http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=2570 Original audio: http://archive.org/download/hpr2570/hpr2570_source.flac Penguicon 2018 is a combined technology and science fiction convention in Southfield, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, and presents over 500 hours of programming over the entire weekend. Of this, around 100 hours are open source, tech-related. In this episode I tell you about my...
Topic: Penguicon 2018
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The podcast of the open source software and science fiction convention Penguicon. Today's episode was supposed to be the second of three parts, but I have decided to include all of the remainder of this presentation in the same episode, making it actually the second of two parts. It will be about thirty-seven minutes. I don't think that's too long. I'm going to put a poll on the Penguicon blog asking for your feedback on the length of episodes and on the subject of splitting up presentations....
Topics: Penguicast, Penguicon, OpenAFS
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Episode one of the podcast of Penguicon includes part 1 of 2 of Bruce Schneier's speech "Security and Psychology".
Topics: penguicon, bruce schneier, security, psychology
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The fourth episode of the podcast of Penguicon, an open source software and science fiction convention. Part one of three of a presentation on "Introduction to OpenAFS". Matt Benjamin explains the Andrew File System.
Topics: Penguicon, OpenAFS, Matt Benjamin
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Aug 23, 2019
08/19
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Ahuka
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Summary: Penguicon 2019 took place on May 3-5, 2018 in Southfield, Michigan Series: Penguicon Source: http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=2890 Original audio: http://archive.org/download/hpr2890/hpr2890_source.flac Penguicon 2019 is a combined technology and science fiction convention in Southfield, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, and presents over 500 hours of programming over the entire weekend. Of this, around 100 hours are open source, tech-related. In this episode I tell you about my...
Topics: Penguicon, Open Source, Convention
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Jun 17, 2017
06/17
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Ahuka
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Summary: Penguicon 2017 took place on April 28-30, 2017 in Southfield, Michigan Source: http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=2315 Penguicon 2017 is a combined technology and science fiction convention in Southfield, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, and presents over 500 hours of programming over the entire weekend. Of this, around 100 hours are open source, tech-related. In this episode I tell you about my own personal experience at Penguicon this year. Links: http://2017.penguicon.org/
Topics: Penguicon 2017, open source event
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Welcome to Penguicast, July 2007, episode 9 of the podcast of Penguicon, an open source software and science fiction convention. Presenting part two of two of "Routers and OpenWRT" by John Marrett. This presentation took place 7:30 to 8:30 PM on Friday, April 20 of Penguicon 2007. I've always heard it pronounced "r-OW-ters", but that's one of the things I learned from this presentation. John Marrett's slides of this presentation are available online at...
Topics: Penguicon, OpenWRT, routers, open source, John Marrett
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Welcome to Penguicast, July 2007, episode seven of the podcast of Penguicon, an open source software and science fiction convention. Presenting part two of two of "Life Extension: Good News, Bad News, Weird News" by Penguicon's 2007 Science Guest of Honor, Christine Peterson. Christine Peterson writes, lectures, and briefs the media on coming powerful technologies, especially nanotechnology. She is Founder and Vice President for Public Policy, of Foresight Nanotech Institute, the...
Topics: Penguicon, podcast, Christine Peterson, life extension, futurics
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The second episode of the Penguicon podcast presents the second half of Bruce Schneier's talk on Security and Psychology at Penguicon 5.0 in 2007.
Topics: bruce schneier, penguicon, security, psychology, podcast
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Welcome to Penguicast, August 2007, episode 10 of the podcast of Penguicon, an open source software and science fiction convention. Presenting "Intoduction To Python" by Catherine Devlin. This presentation took place 7:30 to 8:30 PM on Friday, April 20 of Penguicon 2007. I'm your host, Matt Arnold. This episode is especially interesting to me right now, having just started learning Python and using it to create Herdcat, a piece of cat-herding software that uses a spaced-repetition...
Topics: Penguicon, podcast, Python, Catherine Devlin, programming, computer
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Welcome to Penguicast, July 2007, episode 8 of the podcast of Penguicon, an open source software and science fiction convention. Presenting part one of two of "Routers and OpenWRT" by John Marrett. This presentation took place 7:30 to 8:30 PM on Friday, April 20 of Penguicon 2007. Proud parent of a home router and ready to fly fast and loose in the face of warranties? Come get introduced to the wide and wonderful world of open source routers. We'll cover hardware and software hacks,...
Topics: Penguicon, OpenWRT, routers, open source, John Marrett
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Welcome to Penguicast! Episode 6, July 2007. Presenting part one of two of "Life Extension." First, some news. Thanks to David Crampton for pointing out that iTunes wasn't able to subscribe to the Penguicast feed. I've now fixed the compatibility problem using Feedburner. The new feed can be found at feeds.feedburner.com/Penguicon . Penguicon's 2007 Science Guest of Honor was Christine Peterson, Founder and Vice President for Public Policy of Foresight Nanotech Institute. I'm going to...
Topics: Penguicon, podcast, Christine Peterson, life extension, nanotechnology, foresight institute,...
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Penguicast episode three presents a recording taken on April 20, 2007, of the opening ceremonies of Penguicon 5.0. The convention chair John Guest introduces science guest Christine Peterson, software guest Bruce Schneier, webcomics guest Randy Milholland, author guests Charlie Stross and Elizabeth Bear, and gaming guest Steve Jackson. Each of them gives a short speech. Fandom's fastest filker, Tom Smith, debuts his newly-commissioned song "March of the Penguicon".
Topics: Penguicon, podcast, Bruce Schneier, Christine Peterson, Charlie Stross, Elizabeth Bear, Randy...
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Apr 17, 2016
04/16
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COL Media
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In this episode of Cubs Out Loud, the cubs get back together after a couple of weeks apart and talk about..well, what they have been up to. From jobs and work to taxes and cars, listen in the guys bring us up to speed on their lives.
Topics: COL361, yeah, live, crazy, pokemon, taco soup, netflix, hulu, diamond, pearl, mothers & sons,...
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May 9, 2016
05/16
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COL Media
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In this episode of Cubs Out Loud, the guys get back together to discuss the trips that Gary and Damon went on recently. Damon’s trip took him to Detroit for a nerd convention and Gary went to see a band, a TV host, and a bunch of leathermen and women.
Topics: At night, PM, diablo, pokemon, overwatch, beta, hulu, wine, kilt, scotch tape, axel brandt, shower...
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Apr 17, 2008
04/08
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Rich elswick
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We (being several of the Con Staff members) such as Matt, Jer and Becky, discuss the upcoming conference and some of the things to look for while your there.
Topics: Penguicon 6.0, Penguicon
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Sep 23, 2007
09/07
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Randy Milholland, The Ferrett, Benjamin Rodriguez, Megan Gedris
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At Penguicon 6.0 in 2007, webcomic artists did several panel discussions about webcomics. This one took place with Randy Milholland (Something Positive), TheFerrett (Home On The Strange), Benjamin Rodriguez (Peter Is The Wolf), and Megan Gedris (YU+ME) 5:30-6:30PM on Friday, April 20. A few panels a day or a week is almost a snapshot-sized glimpse into the lives and personalities of characters. What can the webcomic writer do to provide backstory ... give each character a blog?
Topics: penguicon, webcomics, characters
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Nov 16, 2007
11/07
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Clyf Flint
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At Penguicon 5.0 in 2007, Clyf Flint gives an Intro to Tcl.
Topics: Clyf Flint, Tcl, Penguicon
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Sep 23, 2007
09/07
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Michael FREON Andaluz, "Red" Kendra Duane, Cathy Raymond
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At Penguicon 6.0 in 2007, Michael FREON Andaluz, "Red" Kendra Duane and Cathy Raymond discussed all basic ideas of getting started in making and wearing costumes, for an audience of first-time costumers, and those who have never costumed, but are interested.
Topics: Penguicon, costuming, costumes, masquerade
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Jul 12, 2007
07/07
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Matt Benjamin
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At Penguicon 5.0 in 2007, Matt Benjamin discusses Moodle. Moodle, an open-source (GPL) web content management system for on-line education, has become a very high-profile software product in its category, and has become a significant focus of open-source development activity in higher education. Moodle as received steadily increasing mainstream attention from high-profile deployments, most recently UCLA. This panel will introduce the Moodle system, focusing primarily use of Moodle to develop...
Topics: Penguicon, Matt Benjamin, Moodle, education
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Jul 12, 2007
07/07
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Catherine Devlin
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At Penguicon 5.0 in 2007, Catherine Devlin gives an Introduction to Python. Python, the easy, elegant, and powerful dynamic programming language, is spreading everywhere. Stop feeling lame for not knowing it! Iâll give you an introduction to Python while whipping up a graphical simulator of solar system dynamics before your very eyes. Suitable as your first programming language, or your twentieth. Come, learn Python, and hurl planets into the Sun!
Topics: Penguicon, Catherine Devlin, Python
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Sep 23, 2007
09/07
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Linda Martelle, Andrew Barlow
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At Penguicon 6.0 in 2007, Linda Martelle and Andrew Barlow presented on sculpting and painting miniatures for games. Fans of gaming miniatures don't want to miss this one. This was recorded at 7:30 PM on April 20.
Topics: Penguicon, miniatures, sculpting, painting, games, gaming
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Nov 16, 2007
11/07
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Ann Marie Steichman
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At Penguicon 5.0 in 2007, Ann Marie Steichman presents her findings After traveling across country (or at least SE Michigan) interviewing random people on whether they considered themselves geeks and why. Also gives out prizes to panel attendees who are willing to subject themselves to ruthless probing and prodding in her quest to find the ultimate geek.
Topics: Ann Marie Steichman, Penguicon, Geek
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Jul 13, 2007
07/07
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Clif Flynt
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At Penguicon 5.0 in 2007, Clif Flynt discusses securing Linux to DoD specifications.
Topics: Penguicon, Clif Flynt, secure Linux
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Nov 16, 2007
11/07
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Marcus Watts
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At Penguicon 5.0 in 2007, Marcus Watts talks about The History of DEC. DEC made machines from the early 60's until 1998. Early machines were important at research institutions such as MIT. By 1965, DEC got into the timesharing world, and of course in the 70's (actually starting 1969), bell labs developed Unix on DEC hardware. Another major step in Unix came when DEC introduced the vax & unix was ported and then adapted to do demand paging on that hardware. The final chapters of DEC history...
Topics: Marcus Watts, History, DEC, Penguicon
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Aug 21, 2005
08/05
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Penguicon
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Eric Raymond's GoH Speech at Penguicon 2.0 in 2003
Topic: Eric Raymond Penguicon Linux OSS
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Jul 11, 2007
07/07
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Jeff Hanson
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At Penguicon 5.0 in 2007, Jeff Hanson gives a presentation and discussion of the issues surrounding Linux gaming including emulation, DRM, intellectual property, and business opportunities.
Topics: Penguicon, Jeff Hanson, gaming, linux
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Jun 20, 2007
06/07
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Bruce Schneier
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At Penguicon 2007 the software guest of honor Bruce Schneier delivers a speech on Security And Psychology
Topics: penguicon, bruce schneier, security, psychology
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Jul 13, 2007
07/07
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Aaron Thul
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PostgreSQL & Explaining Explain At Penguicon 5.0 in 2007, Aaron Thul explains explain. Tuning SQL queries is one of the facts of life for anyone working with databases, and in PostgreSQL the key to doing this well is the mysterious explain command. In this talk, Aaron demystifies this handy tool so that youâll be able to spot trouble faster and know when youâre making improvements.
Topics: Penguicon, Aaron Thul, PostgreSQL, Explain
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Jul 12, 2007
07/07
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Sarah Elkins, Gini Judd
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At Penguicon 5.0 in 2007 Sarah Elkins and Gini Judd discuss blogging your life without losing your job, or your mind. Strategies for keeping your two worlds separate, or at least compatible. Multiple blogging, work blogging, identity, information overload, and more.
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Topics: Penguicon, Sarah Elkins, Gini Judd, blogging
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Nov 16, 2007
11/07
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Gini Judd, TheFerrett, Jeff DeLuzio
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At Penguicon 5.0 in 2007, Gini Judd, TheFerrett, Jeff DeLuzio host a panel discussing What Went Wrong With Buffy Season 6 and 7.
Topics: Gini Judd, TheFerrett, Jeff DeLuzio, Buffy, Penguicon
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Jul 9, 2007
07/07
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Matt Benjamin, Marcus Watts
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At Penguicon 5.0 in 2007, Matt Benjamin of The Linux Box and Marcus Watts explain OpenAFS, an open-source implementation of the Andrew File System.
Topics: Penguicon, OpenAFS, Matt Benjamin, Marcus Watts
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Nov 16, 2007
11/07
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Jeff Lawton
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At Penguicon 5.0 in 2007, Jeff Lawton talks about Thin Clients - Getting started; Setting up LTFP with Ubuntu; The pieces that make LTFP work; Maintaining and troubleshooting an LTFP system; Customizing (for example, dual monitors); Common dos and don'ts; A brief discussion about no machine in nx protocol.
Topics: Thin Client, LTFP, Jeff Lawton, Penguicon
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Nov 16, 2007
11/07
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Greg Barker
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At Penguicon 5.0 in 2007, Greg Barker shows how to use Blender to make 3D graphics. Ever wonder how companies like Pixar and DreamWorks create all those cool, computer-generated movies? Using Blender, the free, open-source, cross-platform, 3D modeling and animation program, You'll get a taste of what it takes to create such works, as well as how to get started using Blender itself.
Topics: Blender, 3D Graphics, Penguicon, Greg Barker
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Nov 16, 2007
11/07
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Ann Marie Steichmann
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At Penguicon 5.0 in 2007, Ann Marie Steichmann talks about doing Animation using Eclipse and Draw2D. She says, "Forget UML diagrams. Eclipse's Draw2D can be used to create fun little useless cartoons. I know because I've done it and I'm willing to show you how."
Topics: Eclipse, Draw2D, Penguicon, Ann Marie Steichmann, Animation
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Jul 13, 2007
07/07
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Matt Benjamin, Seth Breidbart
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At Penguicon 5.0 in 2007, Matt Benjamin and Seth Breidbart discuss terse languages. The word âterseâ does not appear in the blog article âSuccintness is Power,â by Paul Graham, but the article does speculate on what language designers can do to make programs shorter, as an intrinsic property of their language. What languages have this property? Is terseness difficult to read? Are Ruby or Perl terse or verbose? Is Haskell more terse than OCAML? Is Erlang more terse than OCAML, and less than...
Topics: Penguicon, Matt Benjamin, Seth Breidbart, Terse Languages
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Jul 12, 2007
07/07
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Christine Peterson
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At Penguicon 5.0 in 2007, the Science Guest Of Honor, Christine Peterson speaks on Life Extension: Good News, Bad News, Weird News?
Topics: Penguicon, Christine Peterson, GoH speech, Science, Life Extension
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Nov 16, 2007
11/07
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Mark Ramm
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At Penguicon 5.0 in 2007, Mark Ramm discusses his topic "Patterns of Data Access implemented in SQLAlchemy"
Topics: Patterns, Data Access, SQLAlchemy, Mark Ramm, Penguicon
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Jul 11, 2007
07/07
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Jeff Lawton
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At Penguicon 5.0 in 2007, Jeff Lawton, and idealso.com discuss methods of data retention. We will be discussing 11 ways to keep your data safe, a discussion of on-site vs. off-site, configurations vs. data, archiving e-mail, and the downfall of the mac tape.
Topics: Penguicon, Jeff Lawton, data retention, keep data
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Jul 12, 2007
07/07
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Rob Landley
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At Penguicon 5.0 in 2007, Rob Landley discusses open source embedded systems. In a world with more cell phones than laptops, itâs important that Linux runs on more than just PC hardware. But how do you program a machine with no monitor or keyboard? How do you make a battery last 2 weeks, and squeeze the entire system into less space than Gnome uses for the login prompt?
Topics: Penguicon, Rob Landley, open source, embedded systems
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Nov 13, 2007
11/07
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Sarah Elkins
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At Penguicon 5.0 in 2007, Sarah Elkins discusses how innovators can use open source social software to nurture knowledge and collaboration within an organization. Wikis, blogs, tagging and RSS feeds will be covered, along with reasons why you might choose to setup behind your organizationâs firewall (at least initially).
Topics: Knowledge Gardening, Sarah Elkins, Penguicon, social software, collaboration
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Nov 16, 2007
11/07
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Richard Herrell
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Introduction to Open Source Embedded Systems by Richard Herrell
Topics: Richard Herrell, Embedded Systems, Introduction, Open Source, Penguicon
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Nov 16, 2007
11/07
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M. Keaton, David Crampton, Anne Zanoni
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At Penguicon 5.0 in 2007, M. Keaton, David Crampton, and Anne Zanoni discuss getting work published. "Everyone secretly believes that there is some hidden magic formula for selling their work and seeing it in print. Unfortunately, even our panelists don't know what it is. Instead, our writers offer their own experiences and advice on treading the winding road toward publication."
Topics: M. Keaton, David Crampton, Anne Zanoni, Penguicon, Publishing, Publication
